Gulargambone

1965

Gulargambone

Today we are leaving for Gulargambone. I am pretty excited about this, I wonder what is going to happen on this trip. Will I be able to help Charles out with the freedom ride. I am on this freedom ride because I want to make a difference, I want to give the Aboriginals the rights they deserve. I want to be able to convince the other white people to respect the aborigines at the least. We leave at 9:15 Sunday morning, which is today. On our way I hear over the radio people talking about what we are doing. We arrive at our destination at around 11:30. It is said that only a particular type of aborigines are allowed. This town is very small with only one café and pub. Everyone was impressed with our interviews and we were given approval to go on reserve for an hour which is better then nothing if you think of it. We got to speak to Mr and Mrs Baxter they are quite old but in fact very interesting. The cops in this town are very much disliked, not many of them accept what we are doing although they cant do anything about it because the freedom ride is a peaceful protest and is educating others on our poor living conditions. We are doing this to bring attention to the poor living conditions and their lack of human rights. We hope to point out the social judgment between the aboriginals and the white people. We also aspired to support the aboriginals themselves to fight that racist comments and actions that they received from the white residents.

 http://indigenousrights.net.au/civil_rights/freedom_ride,_1965  http://aiatsis.gov.au/exhibitions/1965-freedom-ride